GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



NASH, MOUNT: mountain about 4,200 ft. in 

 el., standing about 13 mi. WNW. of the head of 

 Keller Inlet and 12 mi. NNE. of Mt. Owen, on the 

 E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 74°14'S., 62°20'W. 

 Disc, by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who 

 named it for H. H. Nash, of Pittsburgh, Pa., a 

 contributor to the expedition. 



Ndsudden: see Naze, The. 



NATTRISS HEAD: small but prominent rock 

 headland marking the S. side of the entrance to 

 Drygalski Fjord on the SE. coast of South Georgia; 

 in 54°50'S., 35°55'W. Charted by the GerAE, 1911- 

 12, under Filchner. It was named Nattriss Point 

 after E. A. Nattriss, of the Crown Agents for the 

 Colonies, following survey by DI personnel in 1927. 

 The name Nattriss Head is approved for this fea- 

 ture because the term head is a more suitable 

 descriptive term than point, and because accept- 

 ance of this form will avoid confusion with Nattriss 

 Point (also named for E. A. Nattriss) on Saunders 

 I. in the South Sandwich Islands. Not adopted: 

 Nattriss Point (q.v.). 



NATTRISS POINT: point which marks the E. 

 tip of Saunders I., in the South Sandwich Is.; in 

 57°48'S., 26°22'W. Charted in 1930 by DI person- 

 nel and named by them for E. A. Nattriss. 



Nattriss Point: see Nattriss Head. 



NAUTILUS HEAD: prominent headland, about 

 3,200 ft. in el., near the NE. extremity of Pourquoi 

 Pas I., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 67°39'S., 

 67°07'W. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE 

 under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS 

 who named it after the submarine Nautilus in 

 Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the 

 Sea. Other features on Pourquoi Pas I. are named 

 for characters in this book. 



Navy, Mount: see Butler, Mount. 



Navy Range: see Colbert Range. 



NAZE, THE: peninsula on the N. coast of James 

 Ross I. which marks the S. side of the E. entrance 

 to Sidney Herbert Sound and extends about 5 mi. 

 NE. toward the south-central shore of Vega I., 

 situated S. of the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 

 63°57'S., 57°32'W. Disc, and named "Nasudden" 

 by the SwedAE ,1901-4, under Nordenskjold. The 

 recommended form is the English version used by 

 Nordenskjold. Not adopted: Nasudden [Swedish]. 



NECK OR NOTHING PASSAGE: narrow pas- 

 sage leading from Desolation Hbr. between the S. 

 end of Desolation I. and a small group of islets 

 about 0.2 mi. southward, in the South Shetland 



Is.; in 62°28'S., 60°23'W. The name was applied 

 prior to 1930, probably by whalers who frequented 

 Desolation Hbr. and who at times ran their vessels 

 to sea via this passage to escape severe easterly 

 gales. Not adopted: Neck-or-Nothing Passage. 



Needle, The: see Spire, The. 



NEEDLE PEAK: sharply pointed black peak 

 about 1,200 ft. in el., standing about 5 mi. ENE. of 

 Barnard Pt. on the S. coast of Livingston I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in about 62°43'S., 60°12'W. 

 The peak was named on a chart based upon a 

 survey of DI personnel in 1935. 



Neil Peak: see Neill Peak. 



NEILL PEAK: mountain about 1,575 ft. in el., 

 standing about 4 mi. SW. of Scullin Monolith, on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°50'S., 66°36'E. 

 Disc, on Feb. 13, 1931 by the BANZARE under 

 Mawson, who presumably applied the name. Not 

 adopted: Heil Peak, Neil Peak. 



Neilsen Glacier: see Nielsen Glacier. 



NEKO HARBOR: small bay in the inner NE. 

 corner of Andvord Bay, along the W. coast of Pal- 

 mer Pen.; in about 64°49'S., 62°37'W. First seen 

 and roughly charted by the BelgAE under De Ger- 

 lache, 1897-99. Named after Messrs. Chr. Salve- 

 sen's floating factory Neko, which operated m the 

 South Shetland Is. and Palmer Pen. area for many 

 seasons between 1911-12 and 1923-24, and often 

 used this bay. The name was published by the 

 Scottish geologist David Ferguson in 1921, follow- 

 ing his visit to this area in 1913. 



NELSON CHANNEL: channel between Candle- 

 mas and Vindication Islands, in the South Sand- 

 wich Is.; in 57°03'S., 26°43'W. Probably first 

 sighted by Capt. James Cook, discoverer of these 

 islands in 1775. Charted in 1930 by DI personnel 

 on the Discovery II, and named for Lt. A. L. Nelson, 

 RNR, who was chief officer and navigator of the 

 ship. Not adopted : Nelson Strait. 



NELSON CLIFFS: cliffs about 1,770 ft. in el., 

 standing on the N. shore of Victoria Land, about 

 7.5 mi. NW. of Atkinson Cliffs; in about 71°14'S., 

 168°45'E. First charted in 1911 by the Northern 

 Party of the BrAE under Scott, and named for 

 Edward W. Nelson, biologist of the expedition. 

 Not adopted: Nelson Cliff. 



NELSON ISLAND : island about 10 mi. long and 

 about 7 mi. wide, lying W. of King George I., in 

 the South Shetland Is.; in about 62°17'S., 59°02'W. 

 The name dates back to at least 1821 and is now 

 established international usage. Not adopted: 



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